Western Australia
Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926
CONTENTS
1.Short title1
2.Interpretation1
3.Registration of agricultural societies1
4.Register2
5.Shows in contravention of this Act may be restrained by injunction2
6.By‑laws of registered societies3
7.Regulations3
The Schedule
Notes
Compilation table6
Provisions that have not come into operation6
Western Australia
Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926
An Act for the affiliation of Agricultural Societies with the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia.
This Act may be cited as the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926, and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation 1.
In this Act —
Agricultural Society means and includes any society, club, association, or other body of persons, whether corporate or not, registered in pursuance of this Act.
Agricultural Show means and includes any show having for its principal object the exhibition of agricultural or pastoral products and live stock, including horses in action.
[Section 2 amended by No. 55 of 2004 s. 1066.]
3.Registration of agricultural societies
(1)No society, club, association, or other body of persons, whether corporate or not, shall hold or promote an agricultural show unless and until such society, club, association, or other body of persons shall have become registered with the Royal Agricultural Society in the manner hereinafter prescribed, which registration shall be testified by the issue of a certificate in the form contained in The Schedule.
(2)In order to obtain such registration, there shall be lodged with the secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society an application in writing —
(a)under the common seal, duly affixed, of the applicant, if a body corporate; or
(b)signed by at least 10 persons on behalf of a society, club, association, or body of persons not incorporated.
(3)On receipt of such application the Royal Agricultural Society may grant such registration on payment of the prescribed fee:
Provided that registration shall not be refused if the application is made by or on behalf of a society, club, association, or body of persons established for agricultural show purposes before the commencement of this Act 1:
Provided also that, in any case, an application may be made to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the refusal by the Royal Agricultural Society to register any society, club, association, or other body of persons.
[Section 3 amended by No. 55 of 2004 s. 1067.]
The Royal Agricultural Society shall keep a register at its office in Perth, in which shall be entered the full name and the postal address of all agricultural societies registered under this Act; and such register shall be open for inspection during the office hours of the Royal Agricultural Society.
5.Shows in contravention of this Act may be restrained by injunction
If any society, club, or association, or other body of persons, whether corporate or not, shall hold or promote an agricultural show in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the Royal Agricultural Society may proceed against such society, club, association, or body of persons, for an injunction to restrain it or them from so contravening the provisions of this Act.
6.By‑laws of registered societies
(1)Uniform by‑laws governing all registered agricultural societies and the members thereof shall be made, and may be revoked altered, or amended, by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society and delegates of the registered agricultural societies, present and meeting together, at a conference convened from time to time by the Royal Agricultural Society.
At every such conference the President of the Royal Agricultural Society, if present, shall be chairman. In his absence the members of the council present may elect one of their number to be chairman for that meeting.
At every such conference the questions there considered shall be decided by open voting, and by the majority present. Each member of the council and each delegate present shall have one vote, and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
(2)Uniform by‑laws shall be subject to the approval of the Governor, and section 36 of the Interpretation Act 1918 3, shall apply.
(3)Every registered agricultural society may make by‑laws for the regulation of matters of domestic or local concern. All by‑laws so made, or any amendment thereof, shall be submitted to the Royal Agricultural Society for approval. Section 36 of the Interpretation Act 1918 3, shall not apply to by‑laws made by registered agricultural societies under this subsection.
[Section 6 amended by No. 23 of 1940 s. 2.]
The Governor may make regulations enabling the cancellation of the registration of agricultural societies for breach of the by‑laws, or for other sufficient cause; and prescribing all matters and things that it may be necessary or convenient to prescribe for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ACT 1926
Certificate of Registration
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the
Society has this day been registered by The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (Incorporated), in pursuance of the provisions of “the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926.”
Dated this day of 20 .
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President.
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Secretary.
1This is a compilation of the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any previous reprint.
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 |
41 of 1926 |
16 Dec 1926 |
1 Mar 1927 (see s. 1 and Gazette 18 Feb 1927 p. 358) |
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Royal Agricultural Society Act Amendment Act 1940 |
23 of 1940 |
29 Nov 1940 |
29 Nov 1940 |
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Reprint of the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 as at 18 Jul 1989 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Reprint of the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 as at 24 Aug 2001 (includes amendment listed above |
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State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 116 4 |
55 of 2004 |
24 Nov 2004 |
1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130) |
1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.
Provisions that have not come into operation
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 32 and 51 5 |
19 of 2010 |
28 Jun 2010 |
To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b)) |
2Now known as Minister for Primary Industries.
3Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984.
4The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administration Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.
5On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 32 and 51 had not come into operation. They read as follows:
32.Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 amended
(1)This section amends the Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926.
(2)In section 3(1) delete “The Schedule.” and insert:
the Schedule.
(3)In the Schedule delete “The Schedule” and insert:
Schedule — Certificate of registration
[s. 3(1)]
51.Various written laws amended
(1)This section amends the written laws listed in the Table.
(2)Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.
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74.Royal Agricultural Society Act 1926 |
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s. 3(3) |
prescribed fee: Provided that registration Act: Provided also that, in |
prescribed fee. (4)However, registration Act. (5)In |
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s. 6(1) |
At every At every |
(1A)At every (1B)At every |